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Representations of Well-Being Rebecca Maguire Department of Psychology 8th February 2018 How do we make sense of events? Surprise Complexity Sense making 2 Psycho-Oncology Health Psychology 3 Who matters? Health Prostate Care


  1. Representations of Well-Being Rebecca Maguire Department of Psychology 8th February 2018

  2. How do we make sense of events? Surprise Complexity Sense making 2

  3. Psycho-Oncology Health Psychology 3

  4. Who matters? Health Prostate Care Workers Cancer Carers Colorectal Patients/ Cancer Survivors Head and Neck Cancer 4

  5. Factors associated with wellbeing Disease Socio-demographics Treatment severity Supports Information Adverse effects available given Psychological appraisals and representations 5

  6. Representations Expectations Illness appraisals Fears Regret Quality of life 6

  7. Future research and collaborations? Decision making How can we empower people with illness/disability to make well informed and satisfying decisions? Explore barriers to decision making Role of health literacy 7

  8. rebecca.maguire@mu.ie

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